{"id":4025,"date":"2026-09-25T08:59:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T08:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=4025"},"modified":"2026-09-25T08:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T08:59:59","slug":"carbon-dioxide-for-varroa-infestation-monitoring-appears-inaccurate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/carbon-dioxide-for-varroa-infestation-monitoring-appears-inaccurate\/","title":{"rendered":"O monitoramento do di\u00f3xido de carbono para a infec\u00e7\u00e3o por varroa parece impreciso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entre os m\u00e9todos para monitorar a infesta\u00e7\u00e3o por varroa em colmeias, tamb\u00e9m foi sugerida a utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o de di\u00f3xido de carbono. Esta t\u00e9cnica n\u00e3o letal consiste em anestesiar as abelhas com CO2 em um frasco e contar os \u00e1caros expulsos dos insetos. Mas, segundo um estudo recente realizado nos EUA, a efic\u00e1cia desta t\u00e9cnica \u00e9 baixa, resultando em estimativas imprecisas do n\u00edvel de infesta\u00e7\u00e3o. Os pesquisadores conclu\u00edram que os m\u00e9todos mais precisos permanecem o lavamento das abelhas com \u00e1gua sab\u00e3o ou \u00e1lcool. Em vez de m\u00e9todos n\u00e3o letais, segundo outro estudo, o melhor \u00e9 agitar o a\u00e7\u00facar em p\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visite o artigo cient\u00edfico sobre o m\u00e9todo do di\u00f3xido de carbono <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00218839.2026.2711491?src=recsys#abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aqui<\/a><\/strong>, e com a\u00e7\u00facar em p\u00f3 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/00218839.2017.1278912\">aqui<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entre os m\u00e9todos para monitorar a infesta\u00e7\u00e3o por varroa no viveiro, tamb\u00e9m foi sugerida a utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o de di\u00f3xido de carbono. Essa t\u00e9cnica n\u00e3o letal consiste em anestesiar as abelhas com CO2 em um frasco e contar os \u00e1caros expulsos dos insetos. 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Por outro lado, para m\u00e9todos n\u00e3o letais, segundo outro estudo, a melhor op\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 a agita\u00e7\u00e3o de a\u00e7\u00facar em p\u00f3.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.2 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Among the methods for monitoring varroa infestation into beehive, the use of carbon dioxide has also been suggested. This non-lethal method consists in anaesthetising honey bees by CO2 in a jar and counting the mites dislodged from the insects. 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